# Lead Engineer Backend Jobs

383 lead engineer backend jobs. Top employers: SpaceX, Anduril Industries, Blue Origin, and 5 more. Salaries from $30K–$500K. Most roles in San Francisco, Costa Mesa, California, United States, San Francisco, CA, US.

383 open roles · page 1 of 26

**Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform** at Harvey AI
New York | FULL_TIME | USD 272K–355K/yr
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**Senior Engineering Manager, Backend Platform** at Harvey AI
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 272K–355K/yr
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**Senior Backend Engineer, Inference Cloud** at Cerebras
Sunnyvale, CA | FULL_TIME
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**Software Engineer, Backend — Dots** at OpenAI
New York City | FULL_TIME | USD 347K–385K/yr
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**Backend Engineer** at Pump.co
San Francisco, California, United States / Remote (US) | FULL_TIME
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**Principal Software Engineer, Full Stack — Codex** at OpenAI
San Francisco | FULL_TIME | USD 459K–536K/yr
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**Senior Software Engineer, Backend - KYC** at Sardine
Canada | Remote | FULL_TIME | CAD 180K–206K/yr
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**Senior Backend Engineer** at MyOme
Remote | Remote | FULL_TIME | USD 160K–200K/yr
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**Staff Software Engineer, Backend** at Stream Security
Amsterdam office | FULL_TIME
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**Engineering Manager - Consumer** at Plaid
San Francisco HQ | FULL_TIME | USD 216K–329K/yr
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**Staff Full Stack Engineer** at Navan
Tel-Aviv, Israel | FULL_TIME
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**Full-Stack Engineer (Backend Leaning) - CoreMusic** at ElevenLabs
Remote | Remote | FULL_TIME
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**Engineering Manager** at Pump.co
San Francisco, California, United States | FULL_TIME | USD 10–15/hr
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**Staff Software Engineer, Radar** at Stripe
San Francisco, Seattle | FULL_TIME
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**Senior Full Stack Engineer** at Epidemic Sound
Stockholm HQ | FULL_TIME
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